compaq v2300z

[ngarza]

i have a dell inspiron 5100 with a pentium 4 and am considering of going to a compaq v2300z with a turion 64. does anyone have any comment on compaq products and if a person does not get a 64 bit does that mean that when the new windows comes out that the old computers will not run. i would appreciate any info anyone has on this. does anyone know of any ohter computer that might be good. i use it for home purpose, light gaming, internet surfing etc. thanks

[yeoamuca]

i have the same laptop the 5100
i personally am looking at a gateway
i use them all the time at work we have a contract with them and i find them to be pretty reliable
i trust them alot more than compaq or hp
but i was looking at this from best buy
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1125464966640
seems like a pretty good deal

[thefultonhow]

I would not get a Compaq. They are unreliable and offer terrible service. Look at Dell, IBM, Toshiba or Sager. I would personally recommend the Pentium-M because it gets better battery life; chances are also that you wouldn't be able to upgrade to Windows Vista anyway because of extensive new hardware requirements, sothe lack of 64-bit support shouldn't really make a difference.